As much as we love real flowers, they can be hard to maintain and survive the harsh outdoor elements. Fortunately, artificial flowers have come a long way in terms of their lifelike appearance and ...

Are you a galanthophile? It’s not someone from another world but the posh name for a fan of snowdrops! If that’s you, you’ll ...

The stunning new MICAS contemporary art museum in Malta's capital of Valletta is sure to revive underused waterfront spaces.

The sadhu akharas at the Kumbh Mela are more than spiritual sanctuaries. These camps, led by ascetic monks, have become ...

Sisi, or Elisabeth, often referred to as a 19th-century Princess Diana, was obsessed with her appearance. She had a ...

Neither regulators nor police have attacked illegal production, promotion, and sale with sufficient vigor, perhaps because ...

Ordering flowers online for Valentine’s Day is convenient when hand-picking and personally delivering a bouquet to your recipient isn’t an option, whether that’s because your schedule doesn ...

Hand fans have evolved from practical tools to symbols of power and artistry. Initially used to stoke fires or repel insects, ...

Yet another example of an artistic tradition that traveled the Silk Road is blue-and-white porcelain, which was produced in China from about the 13th century CE onward. Islamic potters decorated early ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — Sometimes plants are so similar to each other that the methods developed by 18th century scientist Carl Linnaeus for identifying species are not enough. Completely new species of ...

Whether you prefer to stick with the classic themes or put your own creative spin on them, these traditional anniversary ...

The spidery script of an 18th-century account in the archives of the ... And after dipping his madeleine in tea made from the flowers of a linden, Marcel Proust’s narrator fell into a ...